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A Mountain, A Lake and a Song

A Mountain, A Lake and a Song

Manav Kaul
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Vaibhav Sharma
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No matter how far you travel, you cannot escape that, which is within you, because it is inexplicably yours and yours alone to think about; to negate or to accept.
In this deeply evocative memoir-travelogue, Manav the writer, the traveller, the theatre artist, the dreamer, the escapist embarks on a journey that’s both within and without. As he moves along, he traces his emotional process, the coming together with a city and its people, their music, their rhythms and then abandoning it all and moving to another. In doing so, sometimes he’s mesmerized by the beauty of a place and sometimes repulsed. Sometimes his writing flows, and sometimes he gives it up for life itself.
Manav’s movement is with great sensitivity and understanding, as if trying not to disturb the equilibrium.
A Mountain, a Lake and a Song is a contemplative read—sensuous and imaginative. The reader is more than welcome to join in and make it their own.

Imprint: Ebury Press

Published: Aug/2026

ISBN: 9789377303006 (Paperback)

Length : 240 Pages

MRP : ₹399.00

A Mountain, A Lake and a Song

Manav Kaul
,
Vaibhav Sharma

No matter how far you travel, you cannot escape that, which is within you, because it is inexplicably yours and yours alone to think about; to negate or to accept.
In this deeply evocative memoir-travelogue, Manav the writer, the traveller, the theatre artist, the dreamer, the escapist embarks on a journey that’s both within and without. As he moves along, he traces his emotional process, the coming together with a city and its people, their music, their rhythms and then abandoning it all and moving to another. In doing so, sometimes he’s mesmerized by the beauty of a place and sometimes repulsed. Sometimes his writing flows, and sometimes he gives it up for life itself.
Manav’s movement is with great sensitivity and understanding, as if trying not to disturb the equilibrium.
A Mountain, a Lake and a Song is a contemplative read—sensuous and imaginative. The reader is more than welcome to join in and make it their own.

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Manav Kaul

Born in Baramulla, Kashmir, Manav Kaul has been an integral part of the film world, acting, directing and writing for the past twenty years. With each of his new plays, Manav has made people sit up and take notice, and he has created an equally valuable body of work as a writer. His books Theek Tumhare Peeche (Right Behind You) and Prem Kabootar (Love Pigeon) have been dominating the Neilson bestseller list.

Vaibhav Sharma

Vaibhav Sharma is the translator of Under the Night Jasmine (2024) and Courtesans Don’t Read Newspapers (2025). He was selected for the 2023 NCW Emerging Translators
Mentorship Program and was mentored by International Booker Prize-winner Daisy Rockwell. His work has been published in Out of Print, Words Without Borders, Hans, Modern Poetry in Translation, Nayi Dhara, The Bombay Literary magazine and Himal magazine. He was shortlisted for both the 2023 and 2026 iterations of the Armory Square Prize for South Asian Literature in Translation. He was also
shortlisted for the Mozhi Prize in 2024. He is currently working on a translation of Kamleshwar’s novel Ek Sadak Sattawn Galiyaan.

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